Property Record
COUNTY HIGHWAY BB, 1 MILE EAST OF HIGHWAY 14
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Vernon County Poor Farm |
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| Other Name: | Unified Board Hopefull Center, Vernon County |
| Contributing: | |
| Reference Number: | 72115 |
| Location (Address): | COUNTY HIGHWAY BB, 1 MILE EAST OF HIGHWAY 14 |
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| County: | Vernon |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Viroqua |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 13 |
| Range: | 4 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 29 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SW |
| Year Built: | 1896 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 19762018 |
| Historic Use: | live-in care facility/sanitarium |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 1980 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| National Register Listing Date: | |
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| Additional Information: | 2018 UPDATE - For Viroqua Industrial Park Compliance Project - This building, the original Vernon County Poor Farm residential building, was used until 1976, when it closed. The Vernon Manor was constructed in 1981, and this building was demolished between the 1976 closing and the 1981 construction of the new residential nursing home, ca. 1980. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Plaque.; ""County Home' has long, beneficial history." Angela Cina, Vernon Broadcaster, 9 August 2006 |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |